China-Nepal relations cordial, cooperative

Bilateral relations between Nepal and China have always been "cordial, cooperative, marked with mutual trust and friendship," said Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party and former Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa.

Thapa made the remarks at a two-day "China-Nepal Think Tank Conference 2017" which was inaugurated in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

The conference was jointly organized by Xinhua News Agency's Kathmandu Bureau and Nepal Study Center at Hebei University of Economics and Business of China.

Inaugurating the event former Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN UML K.P Sharma Oli said "Nepal and Nepalese people won't allow any elements to jeopardize friendly relations between the two countries."

"Nepal has firm, steady and stable relation with China," Thapa said.

Nepalese Congress Central Committee Member Gururaj Ghimire said that Nepal-China relations are unbreakable. "No force can shake the Nepal-China relations," he said expressing his party's firm commitment toward One China Policy.

Madhes-based Sanghiya Samjabadi Party leader Shivajee Yadav recalled the role of China during the unrest after the constitution promulgation in September, 2015.

"China did not interfere in Nepal affairs at that time. It respected Nepal's sovereignty. We are thankful to China," he said.

Huang Youyi, Secretary General, International Advisory Board of The Chahar Institute of China, said that China is reliable friend of Nepal.

"Nepal is China's special friend," he said, "and we will build a mechanism to implement what you have initiated during your tenure," he added.

Fourteen Chinese scholars from different universities are participating in the two-day event. During the two-day event, experts from China and Nepal are sharing their ideas on various issues including political parties' role in Sino-Nepal relationship, role of media in cementing friendly cooperation between Nepal and China, the Belt and Road Initiative, China-India-Nepal trilateral partnership as well as Economic and Cultural Corridor (CINECC).

The main objective of the symposium is to strengthen cooperation between the Chinese and Nepalese Think-Tanks-Institutions so as to enhancing bilateral relations.

source: Xinhua